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suffixes
suffix | meaning/example |
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able | capable of being/lovable |
age | related to/marriage |
al,ial | act of,of,like/industrial |
ance | state or quality of/acceptance |
dom | general condition/freedom |
en | made of, to become/wooden,redden |
er,or | one who/employer,actor |
ful | full of/cheerful |
hood | state of/childhood |
ify | to make/magnify |
ish | having quality of/foolish,childish |
itis | inflammation/arthritis |
itive | having the nature of/talkative |
ize | cause to be or resemble/emergize |
ly | in a like manner/quietly,easily |
less | without/thoughtless |
logy | study of/biology |
ment | condition of/contentment |
ness | quality,degree/neatness |
ous | condition/nervous |
ship | full of/relationship |
tion | action,process/construction |
ure | state of being/venture |
ward | to a given destination/forward,homeward |